Google’s mapping products tend to attract a lot of attention, and like so many of Google’s efforts, a lot of advertisers, too. Microsoft wants everyone to know that there are advertising opportunities available through Live Search Maps, too, though.
Google Maps Offers Real Estate Listings
Realtors have had a hard time these past six or so months; as the housing market crashed, the competition for buyers grew fierce. Now Google’s making things even more interesting by introducing a real estate search option on the main page of Google Maps.
New Site For AOL & Job Listings On TechMeme?
This afternoon it was a little surreal to see a job posting appear among the headlines at TechMeme. Just last week, BusinessWire seemed pretty jazzed about getting press releases to show up there. But really? A job posting?
Google Tests AdWords Product Listings
Google appears to be testing a new AdWords feature that allows searchers to see product listings along with the sponsored results. Beneath a Google Checkout button, a plus sign appears that expands to show product photos and prices on the search results page.Right now the test appears limited to larger vendors using Google Checkout.
Google Maps In NZ Gets Business Listings
A service’s ability to provide driving directions is valuable only if you know where you’re going. So New Zealand’s version of Google Maps is stepping up and providing something new: business listings.
Contextual Ads Added to Ask Sponsored Listings
The 30,000 advertisers using Ask Sponsored Listings just received a new channel for displaying their ads as IAC has announced the launch of a contextual advertising channel.
Hound Sniffs Out Job Listings
A new job metasearch competitor to Simply Hired and Indeed has emerged from attorney job finder Juriscape.
Online Vehicle Listings With Video
CDMdata Inc., a Kelley Blue Book company, has signed a deal with SiSTeR Technologies, an online retail multimedia content provider that will allow dealers to add short video presentations of vehicle listings to CDMdata customers.
Houston, We Have Google MLS Listings
With an ongoing lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice in the background, realtors have been under pressure to open their listings so online-only brokers can deliver them to prospective home buyers.
Google Parks Trailers With Movie Listings
Searching for a movie on Google will return a link to the film’s trailer along with the reviews and showtimes that have been appearing in the Google Onebox.